Beyond traffic – trends and choices 2045

Following a period of public comment and stakeholder input, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) released its collaborative Research, Development, and Technology (RD&T) Strategic Plan, which presents the Department’s research priorities for the next five years (Fiscal Years 2017 – 2021). The document provides an action plan that responds to the trends affecting the current and future perfor­mance of the Nation’s transportation system, as identi­fied in U.S. DOT’s Beyond Traffic–Trends and Choices 2045 document.